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Pinchas: Dreams in the Genes
The Ponovezher Rav, Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, was a great visionary. He survived the devastation of the Holocaust, having lost his family and watching the yeshiva world crumble with the loss of its students. He spoke of grand plans to build a beautiful yeshiva in Israel, full of students. People thought he was insane, that…
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Balak: A Woman’s Dream
Streamer, gardener, learner, cedar… It is every Jewish woman’s dream. It is our desire to build true homes of Torah…
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Chukat: Holy Cow!
We are living distanced from the Temple and the sacrificial service which happened there. We are living outside the camp…
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Korach: Feeling Out of this World!
Many would say Avraham, Yitzchak or Yaakov. Others might say Sara, Rivka, Rachel or Leah. Some might say Moshe or Aharon, Yocheved or Miriam. But never before had I heard this answer. It was after the Shabbat meal on one of our trips away in seminary and groups of girls were chatting, singing and eating.…
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Shelach Lecha: Desiring What Is Forbidden
“Kids, we’re going to visit Grandma and Grandpa, let’s get ready!” You shout up the stairs…
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Beha’alotcha: It’s the Wonderful Manna
Amidst our journey through the desert, guided by the Heavenly pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, the nation is sustained by manna falling from the sky. Food descending from the clouds? It sounds like something surreal. But this was our reality, we lived directly under Hashem’s love and care, receiving…
